Chapter 18: Of Grace And Salvation - The Westminster Confession Series | Rev Joseph Poon

Chapter 18: Of Grace And Salvation Speaker: Reverend Joseph Poon Website: http://www.bpcwa.org.au/ DOWNLOAD WCF Chapter 18: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yi-gH7HHx_ks7Y5zcLXjv454E6bTPIWN/view Introduction - (00:00) QUESTIONS WCF 18.1 - (00:36) Q1. Can a person claim to be sure of salvation but yet perish in the end? Why? Who are these in the Bible? - (07:14) Q2. Can a true believer be assured of his salvation and future in heaven? Does God want us to be sure? Support with a verse. - (16:36) Q3. What are the marks you possess that would give you indication of surety of salvation? - (21:16) Q4. What is the meaning of "hope of the glory of God" for the believer? - (28:09) Q5. List the reasons why a true believer can be sure of his salvation. - (31:51) WCF 18.2 - (32:18) Q6. What is the meaning of "earnest of our inheritance"? - (55:01) WCF 18.3 - (1:06:44) Q7. Does a true believer always automatically have the assurance of salvation? Why? - (1:07:16) Q8. What does God want an unassured believer to do? How do I achieve that? - (1:10:32) Q9. Why is assurance of salvation important? - (1:13:29) Q10. Does assurance of salvation make one sin more carelessly? Why? - (1:17:50) Q11. What kind of assurance of grace may make one sin carelessly? Does it mean we stop teaching assurance of salvation? Why? - (1:18:28) Q12. How do you then counsel someone who is very sure or unsure of his salvation? Would we be acting "judgmental" when we do so? Why? - (1:39:43) WCF 18.4 - (1:29:01) Q13. List some reasons that might cause a true believer to feel unsure of his salvation. - (1:30:14) Q14. But will a true believer be in utter despair such as: Q14. a) To hate God and return to sin without conscience? Why? - (1:34:43) Q14. b) To give up all hope while in such a state and commit suicide for example? Why? - (1:37:40) ==== CHAPTER XVIII OF GRACE AND SALVATION 1. ALTHOUGH hypocrites, and other unregenerate men, may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes and carnal presumptions of being in the favor of God and estate of salvation;1 which hope of theirs shall perish:2 yet such as truly believe in the Lord Jesus, and love Him in sincerity, endeavouring to walk in all good conscience before Him, may in this life be certainly assured that they are in the state of grace,3 and may rejoice in the hope of the glory of God; which hope shall never make them ashamed.4 1. Job 8:13-14; Micah 3:11; Deut. 29:19; John 8:41 2. Matt. 7:22-23 3. John 2:3; I John 3:14,18-19,21,24; I John 5:13 4. Rom. 5:2,5 2. This certainty is not a bare conjectural and probable persuasion, grounded upon a fallible hope;5 but an infallible assurance of faith, founded upon the divine truth of the promises of salvation,6 the inward evidence of those graces unto which these promises are made,7 the testimony of the Spirit of adoption witnessing with our spirits that we are the children of God;8 which Spirit is the earnest of our inheritance, whereby we are sealed to the day of redemption.9 5. Heb. 6:11,19 6. Heb. 6:17-18 7. II Pet. 1:4-5,10-11; I John 2:3; I John 3:14; II Cor. 1:12 8. Rom. 8:15-16 9. Eph. 1:13-14, Eph 4:30; II Cor. 1:21-22 ==== Westminster Confession of Faith Series Bible Presbyterian Church of WA Friday 2nd June 2017 To watch this video on YouTube, use this link: https://youtu.be/C36TRPIaaRg If you were helped by this recording, please share this with someone who would benefit from this.